Eggs Benediction: Finding Shakshuka in Denver

If you see shakshuka on a menu anywhere in Denver, there are two very good reasons why you should order it — even if you’re not sure what you’re getting. First, the combination of soft sibilance and hard k, twice in one word, is simply fun to say. Second, unless…

Civic Center Eats Rolls Back Into Town Today

Warmer weather signals the return of food-truck season, and the premier gathering of food trucks in Denver — Civic Center Eats — rolls back into Civic Center Park today. Every subsequent Tuesday and Thursday through early October (with the exception of a few days when the space is set up for other…

Biker’s Jim’s Highlands Ranch Hot Dog Shop Closes

Jim Pittenger, owner of Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, has been restructuring his mini-empire this spring. After going in on Pop’s Place with chef Stephen Kleinman on Lawrence Street (in the former Lower48 Kitchen space), Pittenger hit one into the ballpark, opening a Biker Jim’s on the third level concourse at…

Colorado-Based Craftsy Cooks Up a James Beard Award

The James Beard Foundation will announce the winners in its 2016 Restaurant and Chef categories tonight. Only two Denver area contenders remain in the running for awards: Alex Seidel of Fruition and Mercantile for Best Chef: Southwest, and Frasca Food and Wine for Outstanding Restaurant. But Denver-based Craftsy already came up…

Photos: Lola Guest Chef Brings Cali-Baja Cuisine to Denver

Lola has been a proponent of Mexican seafood from the day it opened in its original location on Old South Pearl Street in 2002 to its current spot in Lower Highland (where it’s already a revered old-timer), so welcoming Baja California chef/restaurateur Javier Plascencia for a guest lunch and dinner seemed…

The Squeaky Bean Will Toast Prince Today

The past few months have been brutal for music fans. It seems like the Grim Reaper is purposefully swinging his scythe at some of the greatest icons in the music industry: Bowie, Lemmy and now Prince.  If the recent loss of talent has got you down and ready to drink about…